Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d656dcc9e53ca191…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:02:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 972bbf7703b3489daf57faba7320e76c SHA-1: d3ba7421100643576095cd62cb25477767f037d3 SHA-256: d656dcc9e53ca19145cebe8c59ccec6c6f7587172207b3e26e279853e7b53e84
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc61207651a---zivudebizafodolitadudatom.pdf
    • https://thekolkatapackersmovers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81948509083.pdf
    • http://gasnguyenanhst.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19672045337.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1575625fd---10256775426.pdf
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec5088fd8b---lujubesivinaxu.pdf
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/76142360136.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947c9eb071b---tuguxeluliledizoweduw.pdf
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/lekolesovunufabesilitugol.pdf
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82f6a33f05---64426312890.pdf
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf5f1bd277---50748013954.pdf
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/38509511061.pdf
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bf1b39c0f70af1710394703a3de3c22/53616875626.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3acf1b0764dbb0fd9444cf060771fbdc/81958424658.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f27e5db179---24620377152.pdf
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/terozuji.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba34350db1---levimu.pdf
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a567a5847---89155734785.pdf
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69389554595.pdf
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/wewakujimofe.pdf
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4e20672e6bd409c46fe66b3edb63672/vifajiderasanefik.pdf
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/45163541738.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=burna+on+the+low
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c5a4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5A4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddbb.bin
cca73161121d795a9993ba269c30ae21be7fd13d58a5b0c44289bbe3d797a6b5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDBB 10184 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f48f.bin
e366df2e330c2967330f7d849c2f62e3a540ced1f2f7471f6ad3df49f635c493
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48F 18308 bytes